Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/576 of 15 December 2017 on technical standards for security features applied to tobacco products (notified under document C(2017) 8435) (Text with EEA relevance) (c. 576)

Article 5 U.K. Applying security features to unit packets

1. Member States shall require security features to be applied to unit packets of tobacco products using any of the following methods:

(a) affixing;

(b) printing;

(c) combination of affixing and printing.

2. Security features shall be applied to unit packets of tobacco products in a manner that:

(a) allows for the identification and verification of the authenticity of an individual unit packet of tobacco product for the entire time the tobacco product is placed on the market; and

(b) protects them from being replaced, reused or modified in any way.